Loretta Rogers, family matriarch and longtime telecom director, dead at 83
Loretta Rogers, the matriarch of the Rogers household and longtime director at telecom large Rogers Communications Inc., has died on the age of 83.
Her daughter Martha Rogers confirmed her demise in a tweet issued on Saturday, calling her mom a “lovely soul” who “possessed an unbelievable power of character.”
Loretta Rogers was the widow of firm founder Ted Rogers, who died in 2008, and served as a director on the company board.
She was one among a number of members of the family on the centre of a wrestle for management of the corporate final fall that started when her son, Edward Rogers, the corporate’s chair, tried to oust its chief govt.
Loretta Rogers and two of her daughters, who’re additionally board members, opposed the transfer, saying it went towards the corporate’s governance practices.
However Edward Rogers went forward along with his plans after the B.C. Supreme Court docket affirmed his proper to take action final November.
